Archive for: June, 2012

JACKSONVILLE, Florida, June 28, 2012 (ENS) – Six, not 10, people were killed in the Sunday morning attack by Mai Mai rebels on the headquarters of the government wildlife agency and the nonprofit Okapi Conservation Project’s...

Gabon’s President Burns Ivory to Combat Elephant Poaching
LIBREVILLE, Gabon, June 27, 2012 (ENS) – The President of Gabon today set fire to the country’s government-owned ivory stockpile, sending a message to elephant poachers...

Fire Ruins Forests in Kashmir
By Zafar Iqbal
MUZAFFARABAD, Jammu and Kashmir, June 25, 2012 (ENS) – Wildfires have destroyed an area of forest stretching several kilometers along the Indo-Pakistani border in Kashmir. Crews...

Rio+20: Billions Committed for Sustainable Energy, Transport
RIO de JANEIRO, Brazil, June 21, 2012 (ENS) – More than 100 commitments and actions have been mobilized in support of the United Nations’ global sustainable energy...

Rio+20: Civil Society Protesters Upstage World Leaders
RIO de JANEIRO, Brazil, June 21, 2102 (ENS) – Demanding withdrawal of any reference to civil society support in the official outcome document of the UN Conference on Sustainable...

New York State Funded for 325 EV Charging Stations
ALBANY, New York, June 21, 2012 (ENS) – At least 325 new electric vehicle charging stations will be installed across New York State under a new set of grants awarded by the state...

Court: New York State Can Continue Carbon Cap-and-Trade Program
ALBANY, New York, June 19, 2012 (ENS) – The Albany County State Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit that attempted to block New York State’s participation in...

EPA’s New Mercury and Air Toxics Standards Survive Senate Vote
WASHINGTON, DC, June 20, 2012 (ENS) – Today, the U.S. Senate rejected a resolution that would have prevented the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from implementing...

Warnings Resound as World Leaders Gather at Rio+20
RIO de JANEIRO, Brazil, June 20, 2012 (ENS) – More than 100 heads of state and government today gathered in Rio de Janeiro for the start of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable...

Megacities Slash Greenhouse Gases, Share Best Practices
RIO de JANEIRO, Brazil, June 19, 2012 (ENS) – Mayors of the world’s megacities today announced that the existing actions of the cities in their organization, the C40 Cities...

Rio+20 Negotiators Report ‘Progress,’ NGOs Call It ‘Weak’
RIO de JANEIRO, Brazil, June 18, 2012 (ENS) – Rapid progress is being made on negotiation of the outcome document at the United Nation’s sustainable...

Japanese Mayors Protest Restart of Nuclear Power Plant
TOKYO, Japan, June 17, 2012 (ENS) – A group of Japanese local government elected officials is protesting the decision of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda’s government to restart...

Hundreds Occupy Brazil’s Belo Monte Dam Construction Site
ALTAMIRA, Brazil, June 17, 2012 (ENS) – As Brazil hosts the Rio+20 UN summit on sustainable development in Rio de Janeiro, in the Amazon region 2,000 miles to the north...

No Endangered Species Status for Dunes Sagebrush Lizard
WASHINGTON, DC, June 15, 2012 (ENS) – A rare lizard once proposed for listing as endangered under federal law must now rely for survival on voluntary conservation agreements...